Gasolene-torch



Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

INVENTOI? WITNESSES ATTORNEYS rates GASOLENE-TURGH.

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Application filed February 11, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that T, MonroN BAYnns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New fork, have invented a new and Im proved Gasolene-Torch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to portable heating appliances or torches such as are commonly used by plumbers, steam, fitters, or the like, and has particular reference to gasolene torches with special means for supporting the torch in position upon the tank for use in a manner similar to the use of an ordinary torch, but with adjustability of the torch to various angles or for the manipulation of the torch to any desired distance from the tank and with facility into places or openings ordinarily inaccessible. One of the objects of the invention therefore is to provide a gasolene torch with pe culiar means for connecting, supporting or manipulating the-torch to any desired angle or distance with respect to the main body or tank of the apparatus.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists'in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a prac tical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a general view of the apparatus mainly in side elevation, and with the torch shown rested upon the tank in full lines and indicating in broken lines a difl'erent position of the torch. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional de- I tail through the base of the torch and handle connected thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings 1 show my improved torch as comprising a tank 10 having a combined pump and handle 11 connected thereto, the pump being intended for the usual pur ose of keeping the tank charged with air. eading from the upper end of the tank is .an elbow joint 12 leading through a needle valve casing 13 into a flexible hose 14, acheck valve 15 being provided adjacent to the needle valve casing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1221.

Serial No. 357,991

The torch comprises a nozzle 16 adjustably fitted upon the head 17 in which is arranged a regulating valve 18. The body 19 of the torch is fitted with a priming cup 20 for the usual purpose.

The base portion 21 of the body is bored transversely and is fitted with a pivotal coupling 22 between the free end of the tube 14 and the torch body. As shown'best in Fig. 2 the pivotal connection 22 comprises a nipple 23 which is journaled in the base 21 and has connected to its upper end a hollow handle .24. Said free end of the tube 14 is connected by means. of a union 25 to the handle while the active or nozzle portion of the torch, as well as the other usual parts, may be of metal or any other suitable durable material. The handle 24 is preferably of wood or some other material or composition adapting it to be readily grasped by the op erators hand without danger of burning. The gas connection through the handle is effected by means of a metallic tube 26 to which the union 25 is connected and which 1n turn is connected to the nipple 23 by any suitable mechanical means. The handle may rotate around the horizontal axis of the nipple 23 so as to vary the angle of inclination of the handle with respect to the horizontal or the nipple may rotate in the base 21 for a similar purpose. The full line position of the handle taken into consideration with the broken line positions thereof shows the adaptability of the handle for various adjustments with respect to the torch.

The base 21 is provided with a downwardly projecting finger 27 which is adapted to be projected into any suitable rest or support 28 as,shown at-the top of the tank 10. This rest has a socket with a vertical axis adapted to directly receive the finger 27 and thereby the torch body may be held upright and practically rigid, but with certain freedom of movement around the vertical axis of the finger if desired for lateral adjustment of the torch nozzle, or the finger may be projected intothe socket of the rest with suiticient firmness to prevent lateral rotation. As shown thus in full lines in Fig. 1 the torch is adapted for use in the usual manner, but if the nozzle of the torch is to be projected into. some distant position or place where the ordinary torch could not be projected the operator simply grasps the handle 24 and lifts the torch nozzle from the rest 28 as shown at the left in broken lines. This fact taken in connection with the other fact that the axis ofthe handle 24: may be swung at any angle with respect to the vertical axis of the torch body makes it apparent that the torch'is adapted for universal application.

I claim:

1. In a gasolene torch, the combination of a body having a socket member constituting a main support, a torch nozzle, means to support the nozzle temporarily upon and close to said support providing for the free removability of the torch therefrom, and a flexible hose fluid connection between the main body portion of the device and said nozzle adapting the nozzle for action either when supported upon the main support as aforesaid or separated therefrom for action at the end of the hose.

2. In a gasolene torch, the combination With a tank, a flexible fluidhose connection leading therefrom and a torch nozzle at the free end of the hose, of a vertical finger and socket connection between the nozzle and the tank adapting the nozzle for free movement laterally around said connection.

3. A device such as set forth in claim 2 in which the tank is provided with a socket and the torch nozzle is provided with a vertical finger adapted to project downward into said socket to so constitute the detachable connection between the nozzle and the tank.

at. In a gasolene torch, the combination with a tank, a torch and a flexible fluid hose connection leading fromthe tank, of a pivotal joint connection between the hose and the nozzle adapting the nozzle to be directed in any desired angle with respect to the hose connection in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the pivot.

5. A. device such as set forth in claim 4 in which a rigid handle constitutes a portion of the connection between the hose and the nozzle.

6. A device such as set forth in claim 4; in which a rigid handle constitutes a portion of the connection between the hose and the nozzle and having a finger projecting downward from the nozzle at one side of the handle to constitute a temporary upright support for the nozzle.

MORTON BAYERS. 

